Kämpf Surname

95,016th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,010 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Kämpf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kämpf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,6441:22,0932,927
Switzerland1,2331:6,6611,061
Austria851:100,18214,475
Czechia271:393,83245,478
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kampf (4,591) are calculated separately.

Kämpf Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kämpf Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kämpf is found most frequently in Germany. It may also appear as a variant: Kampf. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kämpf? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kämpf is the 95,016th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,454,600 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kämpf reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 3,644 people, or 1 in 22,093. In Germany Kämpf is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent live, Bavaria, where 14 percent live and Thuringia, where 13 percent live. Apart from Germany Kämpf is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 25 percent live and Austria, where 2 percent live.

Kämpf Last Name Statistics demography

Kämpf earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 8.28% more than the national average, earning 374,729 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kampf934,591/
Kämpfe911,300/
Kämp894/
Kämpffe8310/
Kempf8033,707/
Kämpe80863/
Kömpf80310/
Kompf80220/
Kimpf8045/
Kämps801/
Kämpfová7723/
Kmp7531/
Kmf756/
Kaempf731,033/
Kempff73741/
Kampff73417/
Kempfe73132/
Kaimpf738/
Kempfs734/
Kiempf732/
Koempf732/
Keampf732/
Kenmpf732/
Kemppf731/
Kempft730/
Kemphf730/
Kompff730/
Kemp67130,784/
Kamp6723,311/
Komp671,857/
Kimp67333/
Kamf67104/
Kaempff6757/
Kemf6744/
Kömp6743/
Kümp678/
Kkmp674/
Kcmf672/
Kmpw672/
Kmfp671/
Kmfe671/
Kimf671/
Knmp671/
Kmfs671/
Kmpv671/
Kjmp671/
Komf671/
Khmf671/
Kmff671/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kämpf
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